Date: | Tuesday 10 December 2013 |
Time: | 10:20 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M |
Owner/operator: | Transporte Aéreo Militar - TAM |
Registration: | FAB-90 |
MSN: | 10578 |
Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
Engine model: | Rolls-Royce Dart 536-7P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 25 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA) -
Bolivia
|
Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Guayaramerín Airport (GYA/SLGY) |
Destination airport: | Trinidad Airport (TDD/SLTR) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A Fokker F-27 Friendship 400M passenger plane, operated by the Bolivian military airline TAM, was damaged in a bird strike accident near Guayaramerín, Bolivia.
TAM Flight 620 departed Guayaramerín at 10:15 bound for Trinidad, Bolivia. Shortly after takeoff the no. 2 engine suffered a bird strike. The right hand wing sustained a three foot long crack.
The pilot decided to return to Guayaramerín Airport, where it landed safely at 10:32. None of the occupants was injured. There were an estimated 25 occupants on the plane.
Sources:
La Razon El Deber
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, Frank Ellemers Collection; in flight; April 1979
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